Interpretation of Gravity Anomaly in the Area of Matomb (Center Cameroon) using Direct, Indirect and Inverse Methods

Research areas:

Volume 5,Issue 4,July 2018

Year:

2018

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Gravity Anomalies, Spectral Analysis, Ideal Body, Modeling

Authors:

F. Koumetio; C. T. Noutchogwe; R. Nouayou; E. Ndikum; V. J. T. Wandji; A. Dika

Journal:

IJRIES

Volume:

Number:

Pages:

106-111

Month:

July

ISSN:

2394-1375

BibTex:

@article{174,
author = "F. Koumetio and C.T. Noutchogwe and R. Nouayou and E. Ndikum and V.J.T. Wandji and A. Dika",
abstract = "The gravity maps display, in Matomb area, local oval culminations of high anomalies indicative of a presence of intrusive dense material in a subsurface that has not been characterized through a local study. The analyses of established gravity anomaly maps; the quantitative interpretation of residual anomalies by spectral analysis, by the inverse method and by 2.5D modeling allow for the characterization of the intrusive dense material situated at Matomb. The 2.5D model of the structure obtained shows six blocks of the same intrusive material having a density contrast of 0.27 g/ cm3 in comparison to the surrounding rocks which form a very homogeneous metamorphic assembly consisting mainly of gneisses and schists. This value of the density contrast is equal to that obtained using the inverse method. The different blocks are almost parallelepipedal lying all in the NNW-SSE direction. One of the blocks has its roof at the depth of about 1 km and its base at the depth of about 3 km while the other five have theirs at the depths of about 3 or 8 km. These values of depth are in agreement with the results of spectral analysis that located the interfaces at average depths of 0.9 km, 3.2 km and 7.5 km. Analyses show that our study area was affected by tectonic faulting in the NNW-SSE direction followed by an extensional tectonic in the WNW-ESE direction. The localization of deformation belts between the different blocks of the intrusive material of Matomb can also be a guide for mineral prospection",
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Abstract:

The gravity maps display, in Matomb area, local oval culminations of high anomalies indicative of a presence of intrusive dense material in a subsurface that has not been characterized through a local study. The analyses of established gravity anomaly maps; the quantitative interpretation of residual anomalies by spectral analysis, by the inverse method and by 2.5D modeling allow for the characterization of the intrusive dense material situated at Matomb. The 2.5D model of the structure obtained shows six blocks of the same intrusive material having a density contrast of 0.27 g/ cm3 in comparison to the surrounding rocks which form a very homogeneous metamorphic assembly consisting mainly of gneisses and schists. This value of the density contrast is equal to that obtained using the inverse method. The different blocks are almost parallelepipedal lying all in the NNW-SSE direction. One of the blocks has its roof at the depth of about 1 km and its base at the depth of about 3 km while the other five have theirs at the depths of about 3 or 8 km. These values of depth are in agreement with the results of spectral analysis that located the interfaces at average depths of 0.9 km, 3.2 km and 7.5 km. Analyses show that our study area was affected by tectonic faulting in the NNW-SSE direction followed by an extensional tectonic in the WNW-ESE direction. The localization of deformation belts between the different blocks of the intrusive material of Matomb can also be a guide for mineral prospection

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